Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE); Currents, Hydrographic, Sea Level and Meterological; North of the San Francisco; 1981-2

The Costal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE) was undertaken to identify
and study the important dynamical processes which govern the
wind-driven motion of coastal water over the continental shelf. CODE
was conducted North of the San Francisco bay (Pt. Reyes to Pt. Arena)
from April 1981 to August 1982. Funded by NSF, the experiment was
executed by a number of agencies and universities (NCAR, NOAA, USGS,
WHOI, SIO, OSU, UNH).

The initial effort in this multi-year, multi-institutional research
program was to obtain high-quality data sets of all the relevant
physical variables needed to construct accurate kinematic and dynamic
descriptions of the response of shelf water to strong wind forcing in
the 2 to 10 day band. A series of the small-scale,
densely-instrumented field experiments of approximately four months
duration (called CODE-1 and CODE-2) were designed to explore and
determine the kinematics, momentum, and heat balances of the local
wind-driven flow over a region of the northern California shelf.

The following data acquired during experiment are available at the
Data Zoo (see below for more information and access instructions).
First, three sets of data are available directly from the subdirectory
labeled /CODE:

Moored and drifting current meter data
Temperature chains
Bottom and mid-water pressure/temperature
Meterological stations (wind and air/sea temp)

These data are available elsewhere in the Data Zoo:

Sea-level observations (see /NOS)
Meterological data (see /NDBC)

Finally, XBT data taken as part of CODE are not archived in the Data Zoo.

The Data Zoo

The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) of the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, has developed an
on-line database of physical oceanographic data organized by
experiment, and referred to as the 'Data Zoo.' The animals in this
'zoo' are the individual data sets, one of which is described
above. The zoo is funded by the Mineral Management Service, Bureau of
Land Management, Department of the Interior.

If you intend to use these data in a published document, you are asked
to cite the source. If you plan to use these data in your research
please notify CCS of your intentions by contacting the 'zookeeper' at
[e-mail].